US 6,318,015 B1Granted

Collimator holding device for a weapon barrel

AssigneeRheinmetall W & M GmbH

InventorsBerthold Baumann, Hartmut Wagner

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Abstract

A holder assembly for supporting a collimator of a field adjusting device on a weapon barrel includes a holder sled having a dovetail guide provided in the underface of the sled. The dovetail guide has lateral guide faces converging toward one another. A first groove is provided in the underface of the sled and extends transversely to the length of the dovetail guide. A dovetail receiver block is affixed to the weapon barrel in the muzzle region. The dovetail receiver block has lateral guide faces converging toward one another. A second groove, located on the weapon barrel, extends transversely to the barrel axis. The holder sled is removably mountable on the weapon barrel by sliding the dovetail guide onto the dovetail receiver block in a direction parallel to the barrel axis until an installed state of the holder sled is reached. In the installed state the lateral guide faces of the dovetail guide and the lateral guide faces of the dovetail receiver block are in a wedging relationship and the first and second grooves are in alignment with one another. Further, a wedge block is provided which is insertable into the first and second grooves in the installed state for axially immobilizing the holder sled on the weapon barrel.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A combination of a weapon barrel and a holder assembly for supporting a collimator of a field adjusting device on said weapon barrel;

said weapon barrel having a barrel axis and a muzzle;
said holder assembly comprising
(a) a holder sled having
(1) an underface;
(2) a dovetail guide provided in said underface;
said dovetail guide having
(i) a length;
(ii) a front;
(iii) a rear;
said front and said rear bounding said length;
and
(iv) lateral guide faces converging toward one another;
and
(3) a first groove provided in said underface and extending transversely to said length;
(b) a dovetail receiver block affixed to said weapon barrel in a region of said muzzle;
said dovetail receiver block having lateral guide faces converging toward one another;
(c) means affixed to said weapon barrel for defining a second groove extending transversely to said barrel axis;
said holder sled being removably mountable on said weapon barrel by sliding said dovetail guide onto said dovetail receiver in a direction parallel to said barrel axis until an installed state of said holder sled is reached;
in the installed state the lateral guide faces of said dovetail guide and the lateral guide faces of said dovetail receiver block are in a wedging relationship and said first and second grooves are in alignment with one another to form a passage;
and
(d) a wedge block insertable into said passage and having converging sides for urging said holder sled into said installed state and for axially immobilizing said holder sled on said weapon barrel.

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